Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report 29

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 07/18/2003

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
07/18/2003 		Change From Previous Week
July  2003 0 -49 0 0 0 -15
October  2003 2,067 -113 596 75 3,615 116
December  2003 8,655 -1,681 6,890 512 47,561 -491
March  2004 10,264 248 1,121 2 7,552 527
May  2004 6,400 -3 1,457 -6 2,503 -15
July  2004 9,763 118 45 0 2,283 98
October  2004 1,896 96 17 0 109 0
December  2004 1,992 30 23 0 538 -17
March  2005 572 0 0 0 10 0
May  2005 306 0 0 0 25 0
July  2005 606 0 0 0 0 0
December  2005 435 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 42,956 -1,354 10,149 583 64,196 203

1 Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future.

This report is published by the Commission's Division of Market Oversight.
If you have any questions concerning this report, call Vincent G. Varisano
Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9775.


Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
7/24/2003